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Part of Tangier from above, without the Water-gate

Wenceslaus Hollarca. 1669-1670

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States

  • Title: Part of Tangier from above, without the Water-gate
  • Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
  • Date Created: ca. 1669-1670
  • Subject Keywords: cityscapes, Middle East
  • Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate below margin, lower right: “W. Hollar delineavit et sculpsit 1670”
  • Print State: Second (or third?) of three states
  • Object Type: Prints, works of art
  • Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
  • Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), before 1953
  • Materials & Techniques: Etching on laid paper. Watermark: No watermark
  • Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
  • Edition: Removed from Vertue’s “Description of the works of the Ingenious Delineator and Engraver Wenceslaus Hollar, disposed into Classes of Different Sorts, and with some account of his Life” (London, 1759), 2nd edition; Cutter WQ53/H73/YV
  • Dimensions: 1677
  • Bibliography: Parthey 1189 ii/iii; Pennington 1189 ii/iii
  • Associated People: Created by Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607-1677)
  • Accession Number: 1983.7.2
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

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